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have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we got to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please, be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door, says, hi, i'm your neighbor. i want to tell you about myself if you got a minute. you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expo you to toxic chemicals. i can raise and lower taxes, send your children off to wa
have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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the speaker of the house john boehner says that he backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge the reason he painted a picture of obama standing firm and the negotiations as the apparent requirement for the resolution of the legislation approaches the end as it appears that even more are being forecast for the next congress if it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver solutions to the financial problems facing the nation. if the task rests on the shoulders of barack obama will he emulate wells and who wouldn't compromise or would he like eisenhower? regan, clinton and washington figured out how to win against the odds. of course to achieve the accommodation in congress he would need a lyndon johnson, tip o'neill or new gingrich to lead the congress majority that would follow. so what specifically what i recommend that he would do to avoid the challenges of the second term? he should appoint an intermediary with the skills of simpson-bowles to work with the congress on
the speaker of the house john boehner says that he backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge the reason he painted a picture of obama standing firm and the negotiations as the apparent requirement for the resolution of the legislation approaches the end as it appears that even more are being forecast for the next congress if it will take an unusually skillful second term president to...
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john boehner is trying to work a deal with the president to do tax reform and entitlement reform and his deputy, the majority leader, calls people like paul ryan, who is now running for vice president. .. >> if you keep doing this, you are going to risk your speakership. the president said when i talked to him, interestingly enough, he said in fixing -- he realizes the magnitude of all of this, as does speaker boehner, key democrats, key republicans realize what it is. and the president literally said to me, i would willingly lose an election if i could solve these problems. it is that serious. tim geithner, the treasury secretary, in the book is quoted thousands of words telling the president, you have got to do something about this problem. we have to fix it. you literally, it's not that we're going to close down the government, we will close down the american economy and, in turn, the global economy. if they do not solve the issue of this runaway spending, get some way to stop borrowing in excess, he tells the president of the united states if we default on this, on our obligation
john boehner is trying to work a deal with the president to do tax reform and entitlement reform and his deputy, the majority leader, calls people like paul ryan, who is now running for vice president. .. >> if you keep doing this, you are going to risk your speakership. the president said when i talked to him, interestingly enough, he said in fixing -- he realizes the magnitude of all of this, as does speaker boehner, key democrats, key republicans realize what it is. and the president...
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boehner states the president backed away from an agrmeetid compromise on rais the debt limit. an article in the nto tinagazine tenmpl to support th charge. a recent orok by bob wobsdward paints a picture of obama standing firm against john oriesner in the nts wotiations. the apparent requirement for resolution of major muscle patient approaches and appears even more rigid positions are being forecast for the next congress, it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver s is autio to the financial problems facing the nation. .. >> he should recommend a creative revision of the tax laws and serious debt reduction programs. he should encourage congress to enact an annual budget which has not occurred for the past three years. he might come up with a proposal for inventive public/private partnerships to improve infrastructure including the electric grid. and, of course, continue to encourage any energy independence. a resolution of the supply of unsold houses should be sought, but all of this will occur only if a reelected barack obama can somehow find the uni
boehner states the president backed away from an agrmeetid compromise on rais the debt limit. an article in the nto tinagazine tenmpl to support th charge. a recent orok by bob wobsdward paints a picture of obama standing firm against john oriesner in the nts wotiations. the apparent requirement for resolution of major muscle patient approaches and appears even more rigid positions are being forecast for the next congress, it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver s is...
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i think obama fa he had that with john boehner and it blew up in his face. hillary would have handled that differently. >> several characters. susan mcdougal, james carville, what led to the suicide of vincent foster? >> how much time do we have? first of all jim mcdougal is a weird person. he has a lot of psychological abnormalities. he is very manipulative. when he proposed the whitewater deal, they were not interested at all but hillary thought was a great idea. basically her decision. jim mcdougal kind of sick. susan mcdougal, his wife, was an incredibly suffering person who never betrayed her confidence and trust in the clintons. she was treated scandalously by kenneth starr who had her medical. she was in solitary confinement. it was horrible way in which he treated her. james carville didn't understand and talk about james carville, probably won and academy award. i am not that person. [talking over each other] >> that is the most tragic events one can conceive of. vincent foster and hillary clinton were best friends in the rose law firm. they had lun
i think obama fa he had that with john boehner and it blew up in his face. hillary would have handled that differently. >> several characters. susan mcdougal, james carville, what led to the suicide of vincent foster? >> how much time do we have? first of all jim mcdougal is a weird person. he has a lot of psychological abnormalities. he is very manipulative. when he proposed the whitewater deal, they were not interested at all but hillary thought was a great idea. basically her...
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boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if you look at the book, you will see that dealing with the republicans is not really an easy thing. and as -- [applause] i left to value office, president obama said, you know, if bob dole or newt gingrich had .. >> well thanks for coming out on a random wednesday night. i really appreciate it. i apologize for my voice. i have a cold that i caught from my 2-year-old, but, anyway, again, this is the book. it came out two weeks ago. my first book was about my relationship with my adopted black brother, david, and growing up in a rural town in indiana, and then being sent off to a reform school in the dominican republic. there were oddly parallels between the two books as far as race and kind of belonging to
boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if you look at the book, you will see that dealing with the republicans is not really an easy thing. and as -- [applause] i left to value office, president obama said, you know, if bob dole or newt...